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Nigerian army frees over 5,000 people held by Boko Haram

Nigerian soldiers drive past a Government secondary school in Chibok, Nigeria on May 18, 2014. (Photo: AP)

Nigeria’s army Sunday said it had freed more than 5,000 people held by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

This was during an operation over the weekend in the northeast of the country.

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